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APAR status

Closed as program error.

Error description

SFTP user session does NOT see the Post-Authentication Banner
AFTER logging in, the message is seen PRIOR to the
Authentication actually happening.
Similarly, the SFTP user does NOT actually see the
Pre-Authentication Banner prior to authentication, however, it
is ONLY exhibited in the debug logs on the client side as the
Remote software version .

Local fix

Problem summary

The SSP SFTP Post Authentication Banner appears before
authentication is complete.
SSP allows the administrator to supply a Pre-Authentication
Banner Text and a Post-Authentication Banner Text in the SFTP
adapter advanced tab. However, the pre-authentication banner
never appears in a client session, and the post-authentication
banner appears prior to the prompt for password on the client
session.
The banners are working as designed, but are named relative to
server authentication, which comes before client authentication
in an SSH session. The pre-authentication text allows the
administrator to hide the SSH toolkit name, if desired. The
post-server authentication text allows the site to display some
legal verbiage on the client screen before they are fully
authenticated.

Problem conclusion

Changed the names of the fields on the SFTP adapter advanced tab
from
"Pre-Authentication Banner Text" to "SSH Server Identification
Text"
And "Post-Authentication Banner Text" to "Post-Server
Authentication Banner Text". The text in the Post-Server
Authentication Banner Text is presented to the client before
they authenticate themselves to the server.